Lightning in Pinellas County, Florida

Lightning May 28, 2013 · Pinellas County, Florida

Death

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Pinellas County emergency management and print and broadcast media reported a 51 year old woman was struck and killed while walking on Belleair Beach. Print media reported she was walking on the beach with a friend. When storms started to roll in, the two friends got separated. After the storms cleared, the friend found the woman's body on the beach. The death was called into the Sheriff's Department at 6:47 PM EDT, so an estimated time of 6:45 PM EDT was used.

The wider storm

Deep moisture and southeast winds fueled scattered afternoon thunderstorms over central and southwest Florida that moved northwest towards the coast. Lightning from one of the storms struck and killed a woman walking on Belleair Beach.

Began near Belleair Shores (27.9294, -82.8428).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 445434. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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